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Caffè Letterario Speaker Series presents Jerry Pellegrino
By The BIT - Italian Cultural Center of Maryland
When and where
Date and time
Sunday, February 2, 2020 · 3 - 4:30pm EST
Location
Italian Cultural Center of Maryland 315 Homeland Southway Baltimore, MD 21212
Refund Policy
No Refunds
Description
Italian Cultural Center of Maryland's Caffè Letterario is an intimate conversation with selected guests about the arts, community and culture over coffee and pastries in the classic Italian style.
It facilitates the sharing of our culture with a diverse community, encouraging and supporting education, creativity, curiosity, respect for history, respect for the arts and respect for each other.
JERRY PELLEGRINO
February 2, 2020 - 3:00 PM
Jerry is fascinated by food and wine, and the way they work in harmony on the palate. His understanding of the two goes all the way to the molecular level, drawing on his advanced education in molecular biology at Johns Hopkins. His cuisine is simple and surprising, pairing unexpected ingredients together to work with his restaurant’s extensive wine offerings’. Jerry has been teaching cooking and wine tasting classes in Baltimore for over fifteen years and entertaining the city for almost that long as the co-host of ‘Radio Kitchen’ on WYPR, 88.1FM with his uncanny knack for communicating even the most esoteric concepts to the general public through his ever-present, engaging sense of humor.
ICCM Members please call the office to reserve your discounted ticket.
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The BIT - Italian Cultural Center of MarylandHistory
The Bit Center (formerly Italian Cultural Center of Maryland) was founded in 1955 by Professor Regina Levi-Bianchini Soria, Dr. Raffaele Canevaro, and Mrs. Helen Knipp as Circolo Culturale Italiano and incorporated in 1999 joining forces with ItalCultura, founded by Hon. Francesco Luigi Legaluppi. This decision was made to be more incisive in promoting the contribution of the people of Italy, their descendants, and the immigrant's contribution to Maryland and especially to Baltimore City.
The BIT Community Center Inc. is a 501C(3) charity registered in Maryland, working every day to build community health and wealth for citizens of the world who call Baltimore home and promoting Italian Culture and Heritage in Maryland.
TAX ID: 52-2169101
About Prof. Soria, our founder.
Professor Soria moved to the U.S. in 1940 and joined the Notre Dame college faculty in 1942, teaching Italian. A 1979 article in The Sun described her as "a sturdy woman with a big smile, a living room populated principally with books and overstuffed furniture, a dedication to Italy and Italian culture, and a husky voice that gets a lot of exercises."
Prof. Soria was the first to point out what Italians have done in Baltimore when she organized in 1979, "The Marble Door," a conference about the influence of Italians in early Baltimore. In it, she discussed Enrico Causici, sculptor of the George Washington statue atop Baltimore's monument to the first president in Mount Vernon Place. She said she wanted the lectures to offset the negative image of Italians brought by The Godfather novel and films.
As memento of Professor Soria, the Center established THE REGINA LEVI-BIANCHINI SORIA AWARD that recognizes excellence in Philanthropy.